Hermans, Ward, 1897-1992

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Nationalists--Belgium
Right-wing extremists--Belgium

found: DBNL, viewed Oct. 28, 2013(Cornelius Eduardus Hermans, known as Ward; b. 1897 in Turnhout, d. 1992) - http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=herm015

found: Biographical dictionary of the extreme right since 1890, 1990:p. 179 (Ward Hermans; b. Feb. 6, 1897; prominent member of Vlaams Nationaal Verbond but left in Oct. 1940 to create the more radical Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen; journalist, reporter, and broadcaster on Bremen Radio for the Volkspolitisches Amt in Berlin from 1941-45; sentenced to death in absentia on May 26, 1946, by the second chamber of the War Council in Mechelen; the sentence was later commuted, and he was released in 1955)

found: Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 28, 2013(Ward Hermans, Cornelius Eduardus Hermans; b. Feb. 6, 1897, in Turnhout, d. Nov. 23, 1992, in Deurne; Belgian Flemish nationalist politician, periodical editor, and writer; member of the Belgian parliament from 1929-32 and1939-44; member of the nationalist Frontpartij to 1933, Verdinaso party from 1933-34, and Vlaams Nationaal Verbond from 1934; co-founded the Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen, the Flemish SS, in 1940; writer and editor for pro-Nazi journals; during later years of WWII, broadcast propaganda over the radio in Bremen; known for his pro-Nazi sympathies and collaboration after the invasion; sentenced to death in absentia after WWII but released in 1955; member of the Vlaamse Militanten Orde during the 1970s) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hermans